Once it's in you to being a starter, you always want to be that. But you understand the circumstances and you understand what you can and can't do. And that's the reality of it.

The disconnect between [offensive coordinator] Todd Haley and [quarterback] Ben Roethlisberger is so blatant you can just see it.

Today, the Ravens answered: What is our identity? 'We are the same old team. We can play the same style of football.

Knowledge relaxes me. Football is all about playing faster. You play faster when you know more.

Once the game begins, I play to that song in my head. I run to rhythm, and that allows my mind to be free.

If you understand what the other team is trying to do to stop you, it makes your job easier.

There's no fast track, no easy track, especially from where I came from. You try to take the most of it and learn from it and hope others learn from it. That's what it is about.